IMPORTANT Earthrise Meeting Please ATTEND
11:00 a.m. on April 2nd, at the Joliet Renaissance Center, 214 N. Ottawa, Joliet, Illinois. On March 31st, the Will County Planning and Zoning Commission denied recommendation of the Earthrise mega-solar project special-use application, voting 4-2 in objection to the proposed project. We much appreciate your continued support in opposition to this industrial solar sprawl…
Chicago Tribune Article Sets Table for Earthrise Public Hearing
Chicago Tribune reporter John Lippert spent three weeks investigating the Earthrise mega-solar project, visiting with residents, revealing non-disclosure agreements, million-dollar offers, active leases outside the zoning application, State influences, and local consequences, as Earthrise Corporation attempts to rush its mega-solar project through Will County’s zoning process. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/29/solar-farm-will-county/?share=cw6m0ohotsu0cwcrfuiy
FINAL Reminder to Attend March 30th Earthrise Public Hearing
Dear Neighbors and Officials: Meeting Monday, March 30th is the date for the only public hearing for the proposed 6100-acre scattered-site Earthrise mega-solar facility in the rural Townships of Green Garden, Manhattan, and Wilton. The hearing before the Will County Planning & Zoning Committee (PZC) will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Center,…
Local Resident Opposes Joliet Mega-Data Center
At the March 16th, 2026 Joliet City Council meeting, Watershed Committee member Jeff Becker raised issues of transparency and conflicts of interest regarding the 20-billion dollar Hillwood data center project, proposed on a 795-acre site one mile west of Manhattan Township. https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/how-much-money-city-joliet-city-planner-going-get-project-data-center-foe-inq
Local Residents Oppose Data Center
https://fwrnews.com/2026/03/06/joliet-data-center-plan-advances-to-city-council-for-march-16-vote/
PLEASE Write a Letter
Dear Neighbors and Local Officials: Discovery Last August, a chance phone call about local flooding exposed a multi-year, clandestine effort by a global corporation to industrialize Will County’s largest remaining farming district. Public records revealed property agreements for a massive 600 MW, 1.5 million solar panel utility spanning six rural townships, extending south of Frankfort…
July 2026
Food Pantry at Jackson Creek Fellowship Church
Change of Board meeting location
Green Garden Township Board Meeting
Food Pantry at Jackson Creek Fellowship Church
